Karon Pangestu
Founder of Arbital, The trading terminal for perps, memes, and stocks.
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Karon Pangestu is listed as a founder of Arbital. Arbital lets you trade perps, memes, stocks, and run market-making strategies from one place. In our first 7 months, 2,600 traders have traded $1.3B in volume through Arbital, and we're now doing $377M/month. We're building towards a social, mobile-first trading app that brings tokenized equities, crypto, and perps to everyone.
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What are the VCs investing on these days?🤔 For the past year, I've been running a newsletter series in @launchy_ called "Chain Venturer", where we interview top VCs, angel investors, and liquid fund managers in the crypto space.
What are the VCs investing on these days?🤔 For the past year, I've been running a newsletter series in @launchy_ called "Chain Venturer", where we interview top VCs, angel investors, and liquid fund managers in the crypto space. We've already featured 45 incredible investors,...
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one thing @ycombinator keeps drilling into us: launch.
one thing @ycombinator keeps drilling into us: launch. heard @paulg talk about this yesterday. you learn way more by putting something in front of users than trying to perfect it forever. markets move fast. narratives change. someone else ships. users move on. the last 30 days...
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Clarity Act Nears Finish Over Ethics 👀 The Clarity Act's fate now hinges less on crypto policy substance than on whether Congress can craft ethics language addressing Trump's personal crypto conflicts, with Democrats signaling they won't budge without a real deal in place.
Clarity Act Nears Finish Over Ethics 👀 The Clarity Act's fate now hinges less on crypto policy substance than on whether Congress can craft ethics language addressing Trump's personal crypto conflicts, with Democrats signaling they won't budge without a real deal in place. >...
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Robinhood Chain Cracks Top Five in Debut Week 🏹 Robinhood Chain pulled $3.1B in DEX volume within its first week live, landing among the top five chains by activity even as early trading was dominated by speculative meme coin flow.
Robinhood Chain Cracks Top Five in Debut Week 🏹 Robinhood Chain pulled $3.1B in DEX volume within its first week live, landing among the top five chains by activity even as early trading was dominated by speculative meme coin flow. > The Arbitrum-based L2 now hosts 65,000...
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Ondo Perps Adds Tokenized Stock Collateral 🚀 Ondo Finance ( @OndoFinance ) now lets pre-alpha users post tokenized stocks as collateral for perpetual futures, pushing RWAs beyond passive onchain assets into active trading infrastructure.
Ondo Perps Adds Tokenized Stock Collateral 🚀 Ondo Finance ( @OndoFinance ) now lets pre-alpha users post tokenized stocks as collateral for perpetual futures, pushing RWAs beyond passive onchain assets into active trading infrastructure. > Traders can use tokenized stocks as...
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Circle Wins Final OCC Bank Approval 👀 Circle secured final OCC approval to establish Circle National Trust, sending shares up 14% in pre-market trading as the USDC issuer becomes the latest crypto firm to lock in federal banking oversight.
Circle Wins Final OCC Bank Approval 👀 Circle secured final OCC approval to establish Circle National Trust, sending shares up 14% in pre-market trading as the USDC issuer becomes the latest crypto firm to lock in federal banking oversight. > Circle National Trust will provide...